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Notre Dame’s defense locked Ohio State’s vaunted offense down pretty well. I don’t think USC beating them is a forgone conclusion.

It’s kind of like being lucky enough to catch Colorado late in the year.

Let’s just hope it doesn’t end as bad as the last time the Ducks went with a backup QB at home against Utah.

32% from the field and 64% from the line isn’t going to get it done.

Looks like Miami will be looking for another QB.

I’ve read Swing Your Sword and seen plenty of his swashbuckling hijinx from behind the microphone. I like his style. I celebrate his entire calendar. His latest bit about eating a fish sandwich under a shade tree is pure gold. Long story short. If missing Mike Leach is wrong then I don’t want to be right.

There is always the possibility of another transfer QB. There are few out there who could use some rehabilitation. Guys like DJU and Van Dyke come to mind.

There was a time when the Heisman winner could have 3 losses (see Tebow in 2007), but the best stats in the nation. These days it seems he has to take his team to the national championship.

If the Auburn fans on SDS aren’t mentioning it then it’s probably not a decent rumor. They all seem to be focused on 3 coaches. Prime, Freeze and Kiffin. However, if DL continues to have success here then he will be courted by every SEC team who needs a new coach. Look for a team like Florida to be after him in the next couple of years if Napier doesn’t at least win the SEC East.

What Auburn wants and what they need are two different things. Their biggest booster, Jimmy Rane, wants to have a great deal of control because he is the one funding all of the buyouts. In some strange way, I get where he’s coming from. However, Auburn needs a head coach who can cater to his ego while simultaneously telling him to keep his nose out of team affairs. In order to do that they need to hire a Saban-like coach who doesn’t need Auburn as much as they need him. The problem is those guys are hard to come by. Urban Meyer might be the only one out there who is available. Even if they were to get a very good coach like Hugh Freeze, Kiffin, Lanning, etc. those guys have to win early like Malzahn did. That bought him a lot of time. The only problem is they have to be in the hunt every year. To their boosters, that means the Iron Bowl should decide who wins the SEC West. That’s a tough task considering the company they keep in that division.

Washington has a potent offense. They’re scary this year and I’m sure they’re getting sick and tired of losing to the Ducks. They’ll be plenty motivated.

Here’s a quote from Hugh Freeze. “I don’t know that Auburn wants me. I have no clue,” Freeze told 247Sports. “I know this: I have won everywhere I’ve been and my staff and kids have turned programs fast. It’s our culture that we instill. I know we do that and the proof is in the pudding.” Read into his response what you will, but he sounds like a guy who is looking to move up.

This says it all about The U. Their fans hit harder than their defense.

Let us all take a short break to remember that Mario was 3-0 against the Fuskies. Okay, now back to how much Miami sucks.

It could be worse. You could live in the Panthers market. I have the NFL channel (it comes as part of the sports package I get solely for the PAC 12 channel) so I can catch glimpses of the Duck Bowl on their Gameday Live broadcast.

Not too mean, but I believe it’s bad karma unless it’s the backups doing the scoring in the 4th quarter. Chris Peterson lost a lot of respect for rubbing the Ducks beaks in the dirt. Most of us will be forever grateful to MC for never losing to them. Of course, he had his own motivation for his Fuskie hatred. How dare they try to share a national championship with his ‘90 Hurricanes team.

The next two games should sell out, but I expect to see a lot of purple in the stands next week and red the following week. I think the most embarrassing games were Tennessee in 2013 and Nebraska in 2017. Those were easily 30-35% visiting fans. Good thing they just came to Eugene to see their teams lose.

It seems appropriate to post this meme again.

There’s a kid down in South Florida named Tyler who is stuck in a bad offense. He might see Bo’s transformation as something that could work for him. I also hear that he likes to play in front of enthusiastic fans.

The two big front runners laid eggs yesterday, so Bo might move up a bit.

I would not be the least bit surprised if the committee just bumped LSU and Ole Miss ahead of Oregon and USC and bumped us both back to 9 and 10. I think it could look like this. 1. UGA 2. Michigan 3. An Ohio college 4. Tennessee 5. LSU 6. Ole Miss (Bama needs a big win next week to make LSU’s win over them look even more spectacular). 7. Bama 8. TCU 9. Oregon 10. USC

After watching that UGA defense yesterday, I wouldn’t want to face them again. Oregon’s offense is really good, but so is Tennessee’s and they couldn’t muster a TD until garbage time. It’s not like they started sucking yesterday. They got the Dawg treatment. That’s the best open field tackling I’ve ever seen at the college level.

Joe Brady wouldn’t improve that offense one bit. The OC and the scheme isn’t the problem down there.

This just means USC is back to being the darlings of the West Coast.

Now Bama, Clemson and Notre Dame will be ranked ahead of the Ducks. Win by 39 and drop to 9th.